diff --git a/net-p2p/bitcoind/bitcoind-9999.ebuild b/net-p2p/bitcoind/bitcoind-9999.ebuild
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-# Copyright 2010-2016 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-
-BITCOINCORE_IUSE="examples test upnp +wallet zeromq"
-BITCOINCORE_NEED_LEVELDB=1
-BITCOINCORE_NEED_LIBSECP256K1=1
-inherit bash-completion-r1 bitcoincore user systemd
-
-DESCRIPTION="Original Bitcoin crypto-currency wallet for automated services"
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS=""
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	local UG='bitcoin'
-	enewgroup "${UG}"
-	enewuser "${UG}" -1 -1 /var/lib/bitcoin "${UG}"
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	sed -i 's/have bitcoind &&//;s/^\(complete -F _bitcoind bitcoind\) bitcoin-cli$/\1/' contrib/${PN}.bash-completion || die
-	bitcoincore_src_prepare
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	bitcoincore_conf \
-		--with-daemon
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	bitcoincore_src_install
-
-	insinto /etc/bitcoin
-	newins "${FILESDIR}/bitcoin.conf" bitcoin.conf
-	fowners bitcoin:bitcoin /etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
-	fperms 600 /etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
-
-	newconfd "contrib/init/bitcoind.openrcconf" ${PN}
-	newinitd "contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc" ${PN}
-	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}/bitcoind.service"
-
-	keepdir /var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin
-	fperms 700 /var/lib/bitcoin
-	fowners bitcoin:bitcoin /var/lib/bitcoin/
-	fowners bitcoin:bitcoin /var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin
-	dosym /etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf /var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
-
-	dodoc doc/assets-attribution.md doc/bips.md doc/tor.md
-	doman contrib/debian/manpages/{bitcoind.1,bitcoin.conf.5}
-
-	use zeromq && dodoc doc/zmq.md
-
-	newbashcomp contrib/${PN}.bash-completion ${PN}
-
-	if use examples; then
-		docinto examples
-		dodoc -r contrib/{pyminer,qos,spendfrom,tidy_datadir.sh}
-		use zeromq && dodoc -r contrib/zmq
-	fi
-
-	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
-	newins "${FILESDIR}/bitcoind.logrotate-r1" bitcoind
-}